Cochrane South
Provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada
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Cochrane South was an electoral riding in Ontario, Canada. It represented in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1926 to 1999. It encompassed the southern part of the Cochrane District, including the city of Timmins.
LegislatureLegislative Assembly of Ontario
District created1926
District abolished1999
First contested1926
 Ontario electoral district | |
|---|---|
| Defunct provincial electoral district | |
| Legislature | Legislative Assembly of Ontario |
| District created | 1926 |
| District abolished | 1999 |
| First contested | 1926 |
| Last contested | 1995 |
| Demographics | |
| Census division | Cochrane District |
| Census subdivision(s) | Black River-Matheson, Iroquois Falls, Timmins |
For the 1999 election, in which all electoral districts in the province were realigned to match their federal counterparts, Cochrane South was divided between the new districts of Timmins—James Bay and Timiskaming—Cochrane.
Members of Provincial Parliament
| Cochrane South | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assembly | Years | Member | Party | |
| 17th | 1926–1929 | Alfred Franklin Kenning | Conservative | |
| 18th | 1929–1934 | |||
| 19th | 1934–1937 | John Rowlandson | Liberal | |
| 20th | 1937–1943 | Charles Vincent Gallagher | ||
| 21st | 1943–1945 | Bill Grummett | Co-operative Commonwealth | |
| 22nd | 1945–1948 | |||
| 23rd | 1948–1951 | |||
| 24th | 1951–1955 | |||
| 25th | 1955–1959 | Wilf Spooner | Progressive Conservative | |
| 26th | 1959–1963 | |||
| 27th | 1963–1967 | |||
| 28th | 1967–1971 | Bill Ferrier | New Democratic | |
| 29th | 1971–1975 | |||
| 30th | 1975–1977 | |||
| 31st | 1977–1981 | Alan Pope | Progressive Conservative | |
| 32nd | 1981–1985 | |||
| 33rd | 1985–1987 | |||
| 34th | 1987–1990 | |||
| 35th | 1990–1995 | Gilles Bisson | New Democratic | |
| 36th | 1995–1999 | |||
| Sourced from the Ontario Legislative Assembly[1] | ||||
| Merged into Timmins—James Bay before the 1999 election | ||||
Election results
| 1995 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Gilles Bisson | 12,114 | 50.48 | +1.27 | ||||
| Progressive Conservative | Gord Miller | 6,587 | 27.45 | +23.07 | ||||
| Liberal | Jim Brown | 4,958 | 20.66 | -19.54 | ||||
| Independent | Joel Vien | 339 | 1.41 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes | 23,098 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 192 | 0.83 | ||||||
| Turnout | 23,290 | 60.36 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 38,584 | |||||||
| New Democratic hold | Swing | +1.27 | ||||||
| 1990 Ontario general election | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| New Democratic | Gilles Bisson | 11,460 | 49.21 | |||||
| Liberal | Frank Krznaric | 9,361 | 40.20 | |||||
| Confederation of Regions | Ken Metsala | 2,229 | 9.26 | |||||
| Progressive Conservative | Tina Positano | 1,019 | 4.38 | |||||
| Total valid votes | 24,069 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Total rejected, unmarked and declined ballots | 153 | 0.63 | ||||||
| Turnout | 24,222 | 62.95 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 38,479 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain | Swing | |||||||